With the move to Windows 10, I came to the realization that the new Quick Access area is nothing like Links. I had a grand scheme in the works to move most mapped drives to C:\users\<username>\links but with this disappointing discovery I have to now re-think my strategy.
Has anyone else come up against this and maybe mapped a clear work-around? Is Quick Access the best solution? Or should I look at a different location like dropping Links under This PC? I am very interested to hear how you tackled it in your organization.
My rough plan/idea for adding Links to Quick Access:
Upon first logon to a Windows 10 box, check for %AppSenseRedirections%\Links and if it doesn't exist copy the WSG personalized links to it.
Create a custom action to run the PowerShell script below to create the Quick Access pinned item to %AppSenseRedirections%\Links in the Desktop Created trigger. (Win10 non-persistent VDIs)
*I will not personalize the QA database due to the possibility of a check at every logon (and rumored corruption from Internet posts). The resource check was the problem with personalizing mapped drives between environments with limited node access (and why I wanted to move to links).
The "Pinned Items Action" in EM doesn't have an option to pin to Quick access (10.1 FR2). I found a PowerShell script that will do this.
$o = new-object -com shell.application
$o.Namespace('\\share\folder').Self.InvokeVerb(“pintohome”)
Win10 Quick Access:
Items are stored in a database
If the name of the pinned item is changed, it also changes the real item
Keeps history (if enabled)
I suspect this makes a connection like a mapped drive because if the item isn't there, it won't show up in the list. One prime reason to get away from mapped drives. I have not confirmed this, however.
Win7 Favorites:
Easily amendable as they are simply shortcuts in the links folder
True shortcuts that can be named descriptively
No connections or enumeration so if a resource isn't available, it will not slow down the logon (ex. in Citrix)
